A Special ProvidenceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011. ápr. 27. - 336 oldal From one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, the acclaimed author of Revolutionary Road, comes the story of a mother who struggles with her own demons while her son goes to fight in Europe, hoping to become his own man. "Like Breakfast At Tiffany's spliced with All Quiet On The Western Front. Impossible to paraphrase, wonderful to read." —Zadie Smith, bestselling author of White Teeth Robert Prentice has spent all his life attempting to escape his mother's stifling presence. His mother, Alice, for her part, is attempting to realize her dreams of prosperity and success as a sculptor. As Robert goes off to fight in Europe, Richard Yates portrays a soldier in the depths of war striving to live up to his heroic ideals. With haunting clarity, Yates crafts an unforgettable portrait of two people who cannot help but hope for more even as life challenges them both. |
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... couldn't get over the surprise of hearing his mother weep uncontrollably into the telephone . She had sounded as bereaved as a real widow , and he'd almost wanted to say , " What the hell , Mother - you mean we're 9 A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE.
... couldn't get over the surprise of hearing his mother weep uncontrollably into the telephone . She had sounded as bereaved as a real widow , and he'd almost wanted to say , " What the hell , Mother - you mean we're 9 A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE.
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... hell out of there as fast as possible , he lingered at the coffin for a little while after the conclusion of her scene . He stared down into the plain , still face of George Prentice and tried to study every detail of it , to atone for ...
... hell out of there as fast as possible , he lingered at the coffin for a little while after the conclusion of her scene . He stared down into the plain , still face of George Prentice and tried to study every detail of it , to atone for ...
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... Hell , I'll get some kind of a job . " And he went to work in an automobile - parts warehouse . On the strength of that they moved into the furnished apartment in the West Fifties , and the " wonderful companionship " entered a strange ...
... Hell , I'll get some kind of a job . " And he went to work in an automobile - parts warehouse . On the strength of that they moved into the furnished apartment in the West Fifties , and the " wonderful companionship " entered a strange ...
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... 't you see ? " " Well , sure , but I'm not talking about ' soon . ' I'm talking about now . How are you going to pay the rent ? How the hell are you going to eat ? " " Oh , I'll always manage ; that's not important 12 RICHARD YATES.
... 't you see ? " " Well , sure , but I'm not talking about ' soon . ' I'm talking about now . How are you going to pay the rent ? How the hell are you going to eat ? " " Oh , I'll always manage ; that's not important 12 RICHARD YATES.
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... Hell , I don't know . " It was the last afternoon of the week's bivouac that was the climax of their training . Any day now they would be shipped out for overseas processing , and the company's morale could not have been lower , but ...
... Hell , I don't know . " It was the last afternoon of the week's bivouac that was the climax of their training . Any day now they would be shipped out for overseas processing , and the company's morale could not have been lower , but ...
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Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World Walter Russell Mead Korlátozott előnézet - 2013 |
Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World Walter Russell Mead Korlátozott előnézet - 2013 |
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